“Be careful what you wish for,” the judge wrote. “There are very few recording artists, if any, who have a greater interest than Ms. Swift in a robust regime of copyright law.”

Fitzgerald added that Swift should be careful, as the lawsuit's claims were “not factually spurious or farfetched," adding "There are at least colorable arguments on both sides."

“Put more bluntly,” the judge wrote, “if the court’s only choice were between awarding fees to defendants based on the complaint or fees to plaintiffs based on the motion, the court would without hesitation award the fees to plaintiffs.”